BM's reign of terror began late summer/early autumn 2013.
My guess on the paranoics is that NO they didn't lose pay, but were irritated (rightfully so) about being questioned for using SL with minimal use of it in recent history.
Have to wonder what some of us thought the company would do prior to BMs reign of terror when they felt they had a good faith reason (or Holiday, or DSA use) and requested a note and the answer given was pound sand-it's a HIPAA violation and I'm not telling you squat.
Wonder if it's a subset of the people who think fatigue calls or JS failure are pay protected